Nadler
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in English: pational name for a maker of needles, or in some cases perhaps for a tailor, from an agent deriv. of ME nadle nee¬ dle, Ger. Nadel (OE no'dle; MHG nddel(e), OWG ndd(a)la', cf. Naher)
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈneɪdəɫɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Nadler is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Congo - Kinshasa than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 30K(inferred from the name graph)
- CACanada≈1 in 75K
- USUnited States1 in 110K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Congo - Kinshasa (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 329 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 15K (inferred from the name graph)
≈6,900 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Congo - Kinshasa, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
occupational name for a maker of needles, from an agent derivative of Middle High German nddel(e), German Nadel ‘needle’. Middle Fnglish nedle, nadle. Needles in the Middle Ages were comparatively coarse articles made from bone. In some cases, especially as a Jewish name, it may also be an occupational name for a tailor.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
How Nadler is read(measured from records)
Nadler is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English71%
pational name for a maker of needles, or in some cases perhaps for a tailor, from an agent deriv. of ME nadle nee¬ dle, Ger. Nadel (OE no'dle; MHG nddel(e), OWG ndd(a)la', cf. Naher). Needles in the Middle Ages were compara¬ tively coarse articles made from bone.
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
needle-maker; from a derivative of Middle English nadle ‘needle’.
as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
- German11%
Berufsname: Nadelschmied, Hersteller von Näh- und Stricknadeln, Häkchen, Gittern, Fischangeln, Stiften u.ä. aus Draht. Bearer count: 1245.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
Berufsname: Nadelmacher; 1134 Belege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Nadler counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | #679 | ≈6,900 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Nadler | 1 |
| US United States | — | 3,034 | 1 in 110K | 3K | Nadler | 329 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈2,600 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Nadler | 117 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈500 est. | ≈1 in 75K | — | Nadler | 99 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈450 est. | ≈1 in 137K | — | Nadler | 4 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 304 | 1 in 28K | 304 | Nadler | 28 |
| IL Israel | — | ≈270 est. | ≈1 in 32K | — | Nadler | 36 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 45K | — | Nadler | 28 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Nadler is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
occupational name for a maker of needles, from an agent derivative of Middle High German nddel(e), German Nadel ‘needle’. Middle Fnglish nedle, nadle. Needles in the Middle Ages were comparatively coarse articles made from bone. In some cases, especially as a Jewish name, it may also be an occupational name for a tailor.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Max Nadlerb. 1875DEactor and director (1875–1932)
- Josef Nadlerb. 1884ATAustrian literary historian (1884–1963)
- Mounie Nadlerb. 1908FRFrench poet and journalist
- Hans Nadlerb. 1910DEGerman architect (1910-2005)
- Walter Nadlerb. 1946DEGerman politician
- Jerrold Nadlerb. 1947USAmerican politician and lawyer (born 1947)
- Steven Nadlerb. 1958USAmerican philosopher
- Patricia Danzib. 1969CHnot in their usual nameSwiss heptathlete
- Marissa Nadlerb. 1981USAmerican singer-songwriter
- Bertrand Nadleractor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 27 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 3K | #10,563 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 3K | #10,022 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2.7K | #11,183 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 304 | #4,292 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Nadler come from?
- occupational name for a maker of needles, from an agent derivative of Middle High German nddel(e), German Nadel ‘needle’. Middle Fnglish nedle, nadle. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Nadler?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈneɪdəɫɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Nadler mean?
- In English, pational name for a maker of needles, or in some cases perhaps for a tailor, from an agent deriv. of ME nadle nee¬ dle, Ger. Nadel (OE no'dle; MHG nddel(e), OWG ndd(a)la', cf. Naher).
- In which country does Nadler have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 6.9 thousand people named Nadler in Congo - Kinshasa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nadler.
- How common is the name Nadler?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,034 people named Nadler in 2010, about 1 in 110 thousand residents.
- How common is Nadler compared with other names?
- In Congo - Kinshasa, Nadler is the 679th most common surname of 44,726 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Nadler” — the 679th most common surname in Congo - Kinshasa. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.